About Ghagda Village

Ghagda is a small village in Dumaria tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 289, made up of 138 males and 151 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,094 females per 1000 males. The village covers 547 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghagda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghagda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Dumaria
Pincode	831002
Area (hectares)	547 hectares
Population	289
Male Population	138
Female Population	151
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,094
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghagda compares

By the 2011 count Ghagda is the 79th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 688 residents. Its 547 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Ghagda

Ghagda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ghagda as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghagda from other places

Ghagda lies about 108 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Lotapahar, about 8.9 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Ghagda
Nearest railway station	Lotapahar	8.9 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dumaria	22 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	108 km

Villages closest to Ghagda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dumaria tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Ghagda

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghagda village had a population of 289. That makes it the 79th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 688 residents.

Ghagda village has 138 males and 151 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghagda has about 1094 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Ghagda is 831002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghagda covers 547 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ghagda falls under Dumaria tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ghagda is Lotapahar, about 8.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ghagda.

Ghagda is about 108 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghagda is in Dumaria tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Lotapahar is about 8.9 km away. Chakradharpur is about 12 km away. Dumaria is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.